Allina by the Numbers
Allina’s record has come under scrutiny countless times for executives operating it like a for-profit company. Data from the independent, nonprofit Lown Institute reflect the misplaced priorities of company executives when it comes to their own employees and the communities they claim to serve.[8]
Hospital
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Buffalo Hospital
Cambridge Medical Center
District One Hospital
Mercy Hospital
New Ulm Medical Center
Owatonna Hospital
Regina Hospital
River Falls Area Hospital
St. Francis Medical Center
United Hospital
Charity Care Score
1/5
1/5
1/5
1/5
1/5
1/5
1/5
1/5
1/5
1/5
1/5
Community Benefit Score
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Pay Equity, CEOs to Staff
2/5
4/5
4/5
4/5
2/5
3/5
4/5
4/5
4/5
4/5
2/5
SOURCES
[1] Allina Health System, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax For the 2020 Calendar Year (filed November 10, 2021), https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/363261413/202113149349304741/full.
[2] Allina Health System, “Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2021 and 2020 (With Independent Auditors’ Reports Thereon,” Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA), https://emma.msrb.org/P11576784-P11217194-P11638063.pdf.
[3] Jackie Crosby, “Allina Will Pay $375,000 to Settle Federal Claim,” Star Tribune, March 14, 2012, https://www.startribune.com/allina-will-pay-375-000-to-settle-federal-claim/142710135/;
Good Jobs First, “Violation Tracker | Search Page,” Good Jobs First, https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker;
U.S. Department of Labor, “Search – Enforcement Data – U.S. Department of Labor,” U.S. Department of Labor, https://enforcedata.dol.gov/views/search.php.
[4] Allina Health System, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax For the 2020 Calendar Year (filed November 10, 2021), https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/363261413/202113149349304741/full;
Allina Health System, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax For the 2019 Calendar Year (filed November 13, 2020), https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/363261413/202013189349303636/full.
[5] Association of Health Care Journalists, “Search Hospital Inspections,” Hospitalinspections.org, http://www.hospitalinspections.org/.
[6] National Nurses United, “Fleecing Patients: Hospitals Charge Patients More Than Four Times the Cost of Care,” November 2020, https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/sites/default/files/nnu/graphics/documents/1120_CostChargeRatios_Report_FINAL_PP.pdf.
[7] Allina Health System, “Quarterly Financial Disclosure Statement Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2021,” Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA), https://emma.msrb.org/P11563565-P11207122-P11626573.pdf.
[8] Lown Institute, “Rankings,” Lown Institute Hospital Index, https://lownhospitalsindex.org/rankings/.